Ranasinghe A W, Warnakulasuriya K A, Tennekoon G E, Seneviratna B
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol. 1983 Jan;55(1):29-32. doi: 10.1016/0030-4220(83)90302-x.
The oral mucosal changes in iron deficiency anemia were studied in a selected hospital population. A high incidence of oral lesions was present in the anemic group as compared to age- and sex-matched controls. Atrophic changes of the tongue were quite characteristic clinically, and a significant reduction in the mean epithelial thickness of the buccal mucosa was determined histologically.